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Search the Public Notice PortalLong-delayed plans for 53 homes could finally be given the green light after a dispute over land held up the development for more than two years.
New Forest District Council’s planning committee is due to consider the Middle Burgate House scheme, off Salisbury Road in Burgate, on Wednesday, September 9.
Councillors previously resolved to approve the development in May 2024, but planning permission was never formally issued because it depended on a Section 106 legal agreement.
The agreement is intended to secure affordable housing, green space, biodiversity improvements, access works, drainage arrangements, footpath and cycle links, and other measures linked to the development.
However, negotiations stalled after part of the land proposed for Alternative Natural Recreational Greenspace – known as ANRG – was controlled by neighbouring developer Pennyfarthing Homes.
The original proposals included a 0.96-hectare parcel of land owned or controlled by Pennyfarthing to help create a larger green space for residents.
But the applicant, Mr B Currie, declined to join the legal agreement needed to guarantee that the land would be available before homes were occupied and maintained permanently.
A report to councillors says this left progress on the Section 106 agreement “stalled”.
Mr Currie has now altered the formal red-line boundary of the application to remove the third-party land from the plans.
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It means the revised site is entirely within his control, which officers believe should allow the legal agreement to be completed without further delay.
The proposal remains for 53 homes, including 41 open-market properties, four shared-ownership affordable flats in the conversion and extension of Middle Burgate Farmhouse, and a further eight affordable flats in a new block.
The wider scheme includes the demolition of redundant agricultural and horticultural buildings, access works, landscaping, play areas, drainage features and public open space.
Officers say there are no changes to the proposed highway access, internal road layout or the layout of the homes themselves.
Fordingbridge Town Council has repeated its earlier objection to the scheme.
Five objections and one letter of support were received during the original consultation, while no further public comments were made following the latest re-consultation.
Planning officers are recommending that delegated authority again be granted to issue permission, subject to the Section 106 agreement and planning conditions.
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